The title compound, C(14)H(11)N(3)O(3), adopts an E conformation, with a dihedral angle of 41.8 (1) ° between the mean planes of the two benzene rings. One of the amino H atoms forms an intra-molecular hydrogen bond with the amide N atom, while the other H atom forms an inter-molecular hydrogen bond with the carbonyl O atom of an adjacent mol-ecule, forming dimers about inversion centers. A non-classical inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bond also links adjacent mol-ecules into dimers.